Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-07-09
Railroad Rumble.

Several car loads of material for the
R. I. reached the depot Saturday night.
The Rock Island bridge building corps, /
and large quantities of bridge ma
terial, arrived last Saturday,-MankatO
Monitor.
The Santa Fe surveyors are at Jewell
City this week correcting their former
survey.
The Santa Fe Railroad Company has
submitted their proposition for the
bonds to this city. The election is to
be held August 9th. See Sheriff's pro-
elamation in this paper.-Smith Centre
Bulletin.
One of the sub-cOntractors on the
ROck-Island informed rs that he would
put his force of men on near this city
in week or ten days, and push the
work through as rapidly as possible.
! He was of the opinion that cars would
be running into this city by the last of
November Smith Centre Bulletin.
A special from Topeka to the St. 10
seph Herald states that the Rock-Island
folks are preparing a new map of the
State of Kansas, for their own use,
which shows all of their lines located
within the State up to the present time.
Besides the main line which enters the
| State at st. Joseph and runs through
Topeka to Herington, where it branches
out, one line running south and leaV-
ing the State from Sumner county, and
the other running southwest from Her
ington which is in Dickinson county
and leaving the State in Seward coun-
/ ty, the map shows the branch from
Pierce to Atchison, a distance of elgh-
teen miles, their line from Kansas City
to Topeka, from Harrington to Abilene
via Sahna, and their line from a point
! three miles this side of Alma, Wabaun-
see county, to Belleville, Republic coun-
ty, to connect with the Denver line,
which IS shown to run from Bellville,
which is the county seat of Republic
county, Mankato, the county seat Of
Jewell county, continuing directly west
to Smith Center, county seat of Smith
county, and to Phinipsburg, the county
seat Of Phillips county, which is as far
as the line is located at present.
The Smith Center Pioneer says;
Thursday morning NJ. A. Low, presi-
dent of the c. K. & n. railroad, accom-
panied by Mr.. Parker, chief engineer
of the same road, arrived in the city
and a meeting of the citizens was call
ed to confer with them. Owing to the
fact that Cedar and Lane townships had
refused to vote the aid asked. it be-
came necessary for Smith Centre to
take a portion of their burden upon our
shoulders. Mr.. Low has treated our
people fairly and honorably and so far
as he is concerned has always done as
agreed, but as those two townships had
refused to bear their portion Of the eX-
pense, this city was necessarially COIN
PEELED to do something to secure the
road. At the meeting Mr.. Low asked
that sixteen lots lying adjacent to the
line as located be donated to the COM
pany as right of way. This PROPOSE
ton was readily accepted and he then
agreed to commence work as soon as
the deeds could be made. This settled
the matter so far as Smith Center is
concerned and insures the building Of
the road at least this far at an early
day. Where the line will 60 aftsr laav-
ing this place is not known, but the
general impression seems to prevail
that it viii be built to Phillipsburg by
the way OF KirWin. This of course will
be leaving some Of the townships in
Phillips county that voted the bonds.
AS a little leaven spOils the whole loaf,
so Cedar and Lane not only cut OFF
their own noses, but form a stumbling
block for some Of the.Phillips county
townships who really desired the road.
We prefer to see the line built directly
west, as it would be better for the
whole county, but as KirWin is willing
and anxious to pay for it they viii
/ probably get the road. Our citizens
have always been willing to do any
thing in their power to secure a railroad
and now after voting all the bonds the
law will allow, they 90 farther and by
subscription purchase these lots to Sc
/ cure the building Of the road at once.